We've only got a few months to sort this out, boffins

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Financial year 2020-21. This will be referred to as "20-21". Which will be easily confused with calendar year "2021".

"This work needs to be completed for the start of "20-21". "Right-ho, see you in December." "March!." "What?".

What are we going to do?

[DCI Harry Batt]

It's unsortable. I've been dealing with it for ages.

[Sits]

Tougher than Y2K.

[ursus arctos]

You lot don''t use the FY prefix, eh?

[Snake Plissken]

I'll switch the forum to the Mayan calendar if it helps.

[Diable Rouge]

Obviously necessary to resurrect the French revolutionary calendar - 20 Brumaire CCXXVIII:

http://www.windhorst.org/calendar/

[pebblethefish]

I know it doesn't help with the initial question, but it does remind me of a former manager talking about her "ooeey" targets before being gently advised that they were "00/01"

[Ginger Yellow]

You lot don''t use the FY prefix, eh?

We do at my (mostly British style guide) workplace. But it's a bit confusing in that most companies here now have a calendar year reporting schedule, even though it's not aligned with taxes. Also, we use eg FY18 for our annual reports, which are published in December, to distinguish them from monthly and quarterly reports.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

It's unsortable. I've been dealing with it for ages.

Me too. Made worse by those (and there are a lot of them) who insist on verbally describing financial years in full, so 20/21 becomes Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One.

[Kevin S]

I'm looking forward to the men's and women's international cricket tournaments taking place in Australia next year.

Yes, it's Twenty Twenty's Twenty20s.

[Eggchaser]

Me too. Made worse by those (and there are a lot of them) who insist on verbally describing financial years in full, so 20/21 becomes Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One.

I do that and it runs nicely off the tongue, although when dictating I will say "twenty twenty slash twenty one."

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

I'm looking forward to the men's and women's international cricket tournaments taking place in Australia next year.

Yes, it's Twenty Twenty's Twenty20s.

On the plus side it won't be long til we'll be free of people dressing up any sort of routine forward plan as their '2020 Vision'

[DCI Harry Batt]

Me too. Made worse by those (and there are a lot of them) who insist on verbally describing financial years in full, so 20/21 becomes Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One.

How else do you distinguish 20/21 from 2021, orally?

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

How else do you distinguish 20/21 from 2021, orally?

I usually find being surly and not talking to anyone at work is quite effective, but when forced to, with a slash usually, or prefacing it with "financial year" or "calendar year".

[Gangster Octopus]

Isn't there anyone around who can help by saying what happened in 1919?

[Felicity, I guess so]

I know it doesn't help with the initial question, but it does remind me of a former manager talking about her "ooeey" targets before being gently advised that they were "00/01"

I've got a student called Ooi. On the 'virtual learning environment' list it looks like 001, so the other students make Bond jokes about him